New organs within us
Subtitle: transplants and the moral economy
By: Aslıhan Sanal
Series: Experimental futures; Experimental futures
Publisher: Duke University Press; Duke University Press Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham [N.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780822348894; 9780822349129
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Transplantation of organs, tissues; Kidneys; Organ trafficking; Patients; Transplantation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: Half a human; title: From the earth, through the quake; title: Against the tide; title: Traveling to the West and the East; title: Within the experiment; title: Close to death; title: Internal objects; title: Words of life; title: The biopolis; title: East of "reason", west of "eternal life"; title: Regulating human affairs, fears, emotions; title: The economy of human flesh and bones; title: The biopolis's vocations; title: Twice inert, lifeless and life-less; title: Spaces of death; title: The pool of the dead; title: Mehmed; title: Insanity; title: Kadavra; title: Beyond the mirror; title: Dissection and disentchantment; title: Burial; title: Rites of diffusion; title: Reburial; title: Suicide; title: Dying metaphors; title: Sacrifice; title: The possible.